Overview
- The by-election follows the Constitutional Council’s annulment of Jean Laussucq’s mandate over campaign-finance irregularities.
- Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau’s decree officially sets the two rounds for September 21 and 28.
- Les Républicains have endorsed former Prime Minister Michel Barnier and Culture Minister Rachida Dati as their center-right contenders.
- The Socialist Party invested ex-minister Frédérique Bredin with Marine Rosset as her substitute to challenge the right-wing candidates.
- Rassemblement National nominated euro-deputy Thierry Mariani and the campaign timetable overlaps with Dati’s upcoming corruption and influence-peddling trial.